-et

-et

a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): islet; tablet; midget; plummet.
Compare -ette.


Origin:
Middle English < Old French -et (masculine), -ette (feminine)

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-et
 
suffix forming nouns
small or lesser: islet; baronet
 
[from Old French -et, -ete]

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-et is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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